Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials

JS Du, Y Bae, JJ De Yoreo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Classical nucleation and crystal growth theories describe how nuclei form, become stable
after reaching a critical size and then enlarge through monomer attachment. More than two …

The two-step mechanism of nucleation of crystals in solution

PG Vekilov - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of crystalline nanoparticles starts with nucleation and control of nucleation is
crucial for the control of the number, size, perfection, polymorph modification and other …

Phase-separating RNA-binding proteins form heterogeneous distributions of clusters in subsaturated solutions

M Kar, F Dar, TJ Welsh, LT Vogel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Macromolecular phase separation is thought to be one of the processes that drives the
formation of membraneless biomolecular condensates in cells. The dynamics of phase …

Self-assembly of nanocrystals into strongly electronically coupled all-inorganic supercrystals

I Coropceanu, EM Janke, J Portner, D Haubold… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Colloidal nanocrystals of metals, semiconductors, and other functional materials can self-
assemble into long-range ordered crystalline and quasicrystalline phases, but insulating …

A review of classical and nonclassical nucleation theories

S Karthika, TK Radhakrishnan… - Crystal Growth & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nucleation, the initial process in vapor condensation, crystal nucleation, melting, and
boiling, is the localized emergence of a distinct thermodynamic phase at the nanoscale that …

Nucleation

PG Vekilov - Crystal growth & design, 2010 - ACS Publications
Crystallization starts with nucleation and control of nucleation is crucial for the control of the
number, size, perfection, polymorphism, and other characteristics of crystalline materials …

Equilibrium mechanisms of self-limiting assembly

MF Hagan, GM Grason - Reviews of modern physics, 2021 - APS
Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in synthetic and biological systems, broadly defined
as the spontaneous organization of multiple subunits (macromolecules, particles, etc.) into …

Multiphase transformation and Ostwald's rule of stages during crystallization of a metal phosphate

SY Chung, YM Kim, JG Kim, YJ Kim - Nature physics, 2009 - nature.com
Although the classical picture of crystallization depicts a simple and immediate
transformation from an amorphous to a crystalline phase, it has been argued that, in …

Why do disordered and structured proteins behave differently in phase separation?

HX Zhou, V Nguemaha, K Mazarakos, S Qin - Trends in biochemical …, 2018 - cell.com
Intracellular membraneless organelles and their myriad cellular functions have garnered
tremendous recent interest. It is becoming well accepted that they form via liquid–liquid …

Role of clusters in nonclassical nucleation and growth of protein crystals

M Sleutel, AES Van Driessche - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The development of multistep nucleation theory has spurred on experimentalists to find
intermediate metastable states that are relevant to the solidification pathway of the molecule …